Eye for dolls.



B. BERNSTEIN.-

EY-E FOR DOLLS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1917.

1,861,20 Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

W/TNESSES //VV/V7'OR ARA/7 617M675 BARNET BE RNSTEIN, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

EYE FOR DOLLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. a, lens.

Application filed November 6, 1917. Serial No. 200,590.

-- the head of a doll and such as will dispense with the liability of the supporting means breaking away and thus allowing the eyes to become loose, by which any-tendency of the eyes to stick may be overcome, by which the eyes may be adjusted apart to suit various head masks having eye sockets at different distances apart and by which the movement of the eyes both up and down is positively limited and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the mask of a dolls head.

Fig. 2, is a similar vlew to Fig. 1 showing the mask looking more from the rear.

Fig. 3, is a vertical section through the center of Fig. 1, showing the eye in the open position.

Fig. 4, is a similar-view to Fig. 3, showlng the eye in the partially closed position.

Fig. 5, is a sectional plan View taken on a line with the center of the eye sockets.

Fig. 6, is a vertical section through one of the eyes.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

1 indicates a dolls maskprovided with the sockets 2 and 3. 5 indicates a wire loop, the ends of the depending members 5 and 5 turning outward across the interior of the mask diametrically of the eye sockets and the loop 5 being embedded in glue 6 or other suitable adhesive material. 8 indicates the bodies of the eyes'which are semi-spherical in form and provided with a recess 8 in the inner side thereof. 9 indicates a covering .of paper'or other suitable material for the convex face of the eye on which the eye is lithographed. 10 indicates an outer covering of transparent material such as gelatin or celluloid. p

11 and 12 indicate two wires twisted together at 11*, the upper endsll and 12' be ing spread apart in V form, the extreme ends being twlsted around screws 13 and 14 screwed into the back of the eye bodies 8. The lower ends of the wires 11 and 12 are formed into stops 15 and 16, the stop 15 limiting the downward movement and the stop 16 the upward movement of the eye bodies.

15 indicates aweight carried by the stop 15 in such a position as to carry the eyes definitely into their right position.

Theloop 5 and wire portions 11 and 12 -are sufficiently pliable as to allow of their being bent in or out so as to carry the eyes closer to or farther from each other so that they may be adapted readily to the size of the mask and the distance apart of the eye sockets. Also the loop 5 is of such material that should the eyes stick by reason of the contact with the-walls of the sockets, the loop .-may be sprung inward and thereby slightly bent relieving the eye balls of such contact.-

As willbe seen from Fig. 5 the ends'of theloop members 5 and 5 extend into each recess 8. 1

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple means whereby the eyes are securely and turnably supported within the mask of the head whereby all side standards, in which the eyes have hitherto been held, and which being formed of wax or cement are liable to chip and break away are dispensed with, and'in which a simple cheap method of making the eye so as togive 1t a transparent effect without the employment of glass-is provided.

What I claim as my invention is.

1. The combination with .a mask of a dolls head having the usual eye sockets, of a compressible member secured to the mask, eye members swung upon the compressible member and counterweighted means for holding the eye members stationary in their normal position while the mask is swung in a vertical plane.

2. The combination with a mask of a dollis head having the usual eye sockets and recesses, of a wire device having out-turned portions, adhesivemat'erial for securing the wire device to the mask, eyeunembers turnably mounted upon the out-turned portions of the wire device, and counterweighted.

means :ffor retaining the eye members in their normal stationary position while the mask is swun upwardly or downwardly.

3. The combination with a mask of a dolls head having the usual eye sockets, a

;having the upper ends of the arms free and secured to the rear of the eye member so that each eye may be adjusted to or from the other, and a counterweight at the lower end of the Y-member.

5. In a device of the class described, a pair of eye members having diametrically disposed opposing recesses, a wire member extending at its ends into the recesses, a Y-shaped member having the upper ends of the arms of the Y secured to the eye body, and a counterweight secured to the lower end of the Y member.

6. In a device of the class described, a pair of eye members having diametrically disposed horizontal recesses, a loop wire having out-turned ends, an end of each of the wires extending into a recess of the eye members, a Y-shaped member having the upper ends of the arms of the Y secured to the eye members, and a counterweight secured to the lower end of the Y member.

7 In a device of the class described, eye bodies, eye body supporting means whereby the eye bodies are adjustable to and from each other, eye body connecting means simi' larly adjustable, and a counterweight de pending from such connecting means.

1 8. In a device of the class described, the combination with the eye bodies, of a counter-weighting means comprising two wires twisted together, the upper ends being spread apart into V-form, and a counterweight depending below the twisted portion.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with the eye bodies, of a counterweighting means comprising two wires twisted together intermediately of their length, the upper ends being spread apart into ll-form and connected to the eye bodies and the lower ends being curved one forwardly and the other upwardly to form lower and upper limiting stops, and a: counterweight carried by the portion forming the lower limiting stop.

BARNET BERNSTEIN.

Witnesses:

M. EGAN, R. Norma. 

